I got a new pair of contact lenses yesterday. When I went for a check up I found out that my eye grade went down so this became necessary. Well, when I put them on for the first time, it seemed like the world became just a little brighter.
When you put on new eye wear, how you see the world will really change. Try it with shades of different color and you will see different details. The glaring sun can hide some of these things so when the glare is removed, they pop right out.
We view life in the same way. When we get new eye wear, it's like we are given a new perspective of looking at thing. We see things that we might not have noticed before. The glare of the sun could be likened to a way of masking reality. Everything seems so nice and perfect that we fail to see the flaws in things or people. So we move as if there is nothing wrong. That is until reality bites.
When we are faced with hard times, changing the eye wear of our heart and mind might help us find soluti
Sleeping Beauty
Last night I slept for 14 hours straight. Well, not exactly straight. I went to bed at a little after 4pm yesterday intending only to have a nap before dinner. When I opened my eyes it was dark and I could hear my sister and her son preparing supper in the kitchen. A glance at the clock told me it was almost seven in the evening. Instead of getting up, I went right back to sleep
. My next conscious knowledge was of the brightness of morning peeping through the glass door leading from my room to the terrace and the clock saying it was 6 in the morning.
My sleep pattern has gone wild since I began working in a call center. There are days that I sleep only one hour between two night shifts. It's a miracle that I survive the second night. Then on my day off I sleep a straight ten hours or more. The 14 hours I did last night was the longest I have gone so far.
Sleep patterns are not the only things that have changed drastically since I started this job. It's a wonder my weight has stayed constant actually because of the crazy way I eat nowadays. I still get three meals a day. Now, I also get lots of midnight snacks. I eat breakfast at the office because around that time, I am actually still on duty. When I get home, I grab lunch then try to go to sleep if I don't have anything else scheduled. At night, I have dinner with the family before I take a nap. Before midnight I run off to work where I regularly have about two cups of coffee
and snacks all to help keep me awake and alert.
I've always considered myself a night person though so this is not a big headache. Then again . . .
. My next conscious knowledge was of the brightness of morning peeping through the glass door leading from my room to the terrace and the clock saying it was 6 in the morning.My sleep pattern has gone wild since I began working in a call center. There are days that I sleep only one hour between two night shifts. It's a miracle that I survive the second night. Then on my day off I sleep a straight ten hours or more. The 14 hours I did last night was the longest I have gone so far.
Sleep patterns are not the only things that have changed drastically since I started this job. It's a wonder my weight has stayed constant actually because of the crazy way I eat nowadays. I still get three meals a day. Now, I also get lots of midnight snacks. I eat breakfast at the office because around that time, I am actually still on duty. When I get home, I grab lunch then try to go to sleep if I don't have anything else scheduled. At night, I have dinner with the family before I take a nap. Before midnight I run off to work where I regularly have about two cups of coffee
and snacks all to help keep me awake and alert.I've always considered myself a night person though so this is not a big headache. Then again . . .
Sustainability
I just did a quick glance at my blog to see how my new post and new text shows up. I noticed that I have had this blog for over two years. Actually I've had the account longer than that since some time ago when I started this present blog, I erased all the contents of the one it replaced.
I have been blogging for close to ten years now but not continuously. It started as a way to exercise some creative juices. My former officemate showed me that he was posting his poetry online so I started doing the same. I'd do it for months then stop. This is actually the longest I was able to sustain it.
I must be improving. Or maybe that comes with age (haha)
I have been blogging for close to ten years now but not continuously. It started as a way to exercise some creative juices. My former officemate showed me that he was posting his poetry online so I started doing the same. I'd do it for months then stop. This is actually the longest I was able to sustain it.
I must be improving. Or maybe that comes with age (haha)
What's Up What's New
I learned this morning that my favorite restaurant 
has a new branch. Cafe Bola put up a branch at the walkway between Ali Mall and SM Cubao. That's convenient but they don't have the full menu yet. I miss my favorites like the cool fruit shakes (I lean towards chico and avocado but you should try the kamias) and the taro 
chips as well as the kangkong dip (I believe that's how you translate swamp cabbage). Anyway, the staff said they will add more later on.
It's crazy at work. We have overtime but no calls. Then if we don't schedule overtime, the customers call at the end of your shift so you have to do overtime anyway.
Call center agents don't really get paid much bigger than most skilled workers
. The base pay is about the same generally. However, call center agents get a lot of extra pay. To start off, nearly all of them get night differential. Then there is holiday pay (also with night differential). Don't forget the overtime pay (on a holiday on top of night differential). That could add up to a hefty sum, sometimes as much as 150% of base pay.
That's just compensation I think. These guys work hard. The very idea of altering your body clock to suit the working hours is already a stressful activity.
Then you have to contend with customers who may be irate or avoiding your call. The agents deal with their problems to make life easier for them. Each call brings on a different encounter and that could really be tiring.
Still, it's a living and a nice one at that.
has a new branch. Cafe Bola put up a branch at the walkway between Ali Mall and SM Cubao. That's convenient but they don't have the full menu yet. I miss my favorites like the cool fruit shakes (I lean towards chico and avocado but you should try the kamias) and the taro chips as well as the kangkong dip (I believe that's how you translate swamp cabbage). Anyway, the staff said they will add more later on.It's crazy at work. We have overtime but no calls. Then if we don't schedule overtime, the customers call at the end of your shift so you have to do overtime anyway.
Call center agents don't really get paid much bigger than most skilled workers
. The base pay is about the same generally. However, call center agents get a lot of extra pay. To start off, nearly all of them get night differential. Then there is holiday pay (also with night differential). Don't forget the overtime pay (on a holiday on top of night differential). That could add up to a hefty sum, sometimes as much as 150% of base pay.That's just compensation I think. These guys work hard. The very idea of altering your body clock to suit the working hours is already a stressful activity.
Then you have to contend with customers who may be irate or avoiding your call. The agents deal with their problems to make life easier for them. Each call brings on a different encounter and that could really be tiring.Still, it's a living and a nice one at that.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)